The attack struck near a facility run by an American aid organization as negotiators from Hamas and Israel wrangle over a potential new cease-fire agreement.

At least 66 people, including eight children, were killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday, Gaza’s civil defence agency confirmed. The children were standing in line for nutritional aid outside a clinic in Deir el-Balah when the strike hit.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 Palestinians on Saturday as officials reported rising starvation deaths and mounting attacks on civilians.